New York Coalition For Healthy School Food: Celebrity Supporters

NYCHSF introduces plant-based foods and nutrition education in schools to educate the whole school community. The organization does this by working with school districts to develop recipes with a special focus on the entrée, and developing curriculum and other educational resources for use in the classroom.

The organization’s signature programs are:

Cool School Food which develops and introduces recipes in New York City and Ithaca, and distributes those recipes nationwide. So far the recipes have been distributed to nearly 25,000 schools.
Wellness Wakeup Call which consists of easy to digest sound bites read over the public address system each morning. It is available in K-5 and 6-12 versions and is written by registered dietitians. It is written for a 3 year cycle and each months messages are accompanied by a healthy recipes to go home with the students. Over 100,000 students hear these messages each day.
Food UnEarthed: Uncovering the Truth About Food is our new curriculum which is being piloted in four New York City schools this year. Over 200 students have a lesson and associated food component each week of the school year.